Putting your Venmo address with a just married sign on the back of your car is essentially pan handling and is so stupid. amirite?

The thing is people actually do contribute

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I've given to several graduates. I think it's cool.

by Comfortable-Tip2230 1 month ago

Do you know for sure they actually graduated?

by jbailey 1 month ago

Nope! Typically, it has been during graduation season and a beat up Honda Civic type car with writing on the back window carrying at least 3 teen girls looking like they are having a ball. If it's a scam, oh well…I've given $20 to less noble causes.

by Comfortable-Tip2230 1 month ago

lol people seriously do this?

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I did it. Kind of. We let everyone know a public school teacher is in the car, and could use money. She got like $600 and we used it to buy school supplies. It's not a big deal

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I'm not mad about this because it's going to kids. My mom was a teacher and I know she bought materials with her own scratch

by Anonymous 1 month ago

So you are fine with panhandling as long as you approve of who is doing the panhandling

by Impossible-Car 1 month ago

How do you know they aren't just entirely okay with it? I am. It's more of a mental health concern than anything else. We should improve resources so that people have access to jobs and housing but I don't hate the people who don't have the resources.

by Israelschumm 1 month ago

Do they seem like they are?

by Impossible-Car 1 month ago

Stating a fact and making money on people's celebratory generosity is the furthest from stupid I can think of. As long as they're not lying, get over your jealousy.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Let me rephrase, being entitled enough to solicit donations from strangers because you got married is stupid. Definitely not jealous. We eloped because we don't even like people enough to throw a wedding. We celebrated with a honeymoon and buying a home.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

People invite random celebrities to their wedding on the off chance they actually show up, and sometimes they do or just send a gift. I dont see how this is any different or how it's stupid for that matter

by Anonymous 1 month ago

The car I saw it on today was an Audi. There is a big difference between needing shoes because you're in need and asking for extra money because you got married (like pretty much all people) on the back of your $75k vehicle.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I mean it's cringe but at least no one's really pressuring you to donate or whatever. I just see it as advertising "we live above our means enough that the $200 we might get in total from some generous strangers is worth putting out a sign and basically begging" and that makes me feel a lot less jealous. What really bugs me is super attractive women essentially panhandling but successfully for thousands from simps who they convince they really care about so they'll donate. They're the people that it bugs me when they get a reservation I wanted or something.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It's no different than any other way people ask for money for a huge variety of things. We have a lady here who drives a Mercedes but lives in low-income housing because her husband was rich and they got divorced and all she got was the car.

by Greenholtotto 1 month ago

No. Those are invited guests and unless you designate otherwise, it's common and traditional to have a registry. It's entitled to plaster your Venmo on the back of your car and ask for more gifts from strangers. And thank you!

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I think "entitled" is too strong. Tacky, maybe. I find it tacky, I would say, or kind of cringe. I just don't contribute, though. It's not something I'd waste energy being actually angry about.

by Background_Key_7726 1 month ago

You are super hateful for no reason. Your replies come off super spiteful and jealous that you didn't get free money from the universe just for asking. You make it sound like they are robbing people at gunpoint. There is nothing wrong with strangers wanting to give $5 to someone who just got married or graduated. Especially in this economy.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

"super hateful" Lmao, touch grass you daffodil

by JuryLegal 1 month ago

All insult. No counterpoints. Someone needs a snickers

by Anonymous 1 month ago

"being entitled enough to solicit donations from strangers because you got married is stupid." "We eloped because we don't even like people enough to throw a wedding." Pretty hateful really

by Anonymous 1 month ago

How is it hateful to not like people enough to have a wedding? We prefer quiet and our own company. Didn't seem like a great time to us. You seem pretty elitist, hateful and judgmental yourself tbh.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

If they're entitled to it then they should do it

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Can I request money from them tho?

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I do that every time

by millsfloyd 1 month ago

I did this once before. They didn't send anything :(

by Anya97 1 month ago

Wow rude

by Anonymous 1 month ago

You can try lmao

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Maybe it's just that I'm a millennial so a lot of my life pre-dates this kind of thing, but I do find it really cringy when I see it.

by Boehmmakenzie 1 month ago

I hope you meant "car"

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I would donate if it was written on the cat

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I was waiting to hear about how I could get my cat's jobs. Lazy bums.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

When you figure it out please let me know, this jerk has been living rent free for 2 years now

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Man, now I need a cat army with name tags where I have my PayPal tag etched.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I did 😂

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It's trashy

by Guilty_Guitar_1078 1 month ago

This is an actual thing?

by Leather-Ambition-930 1 month ago

Well, I'd rather be asked than robbed.

by Cultural_Ad9801 1 month ago

I live in Vegas and always see the cars with "21, ready for fun- buy me a drink!" Or "tying the knot- buy me a shot" with Venmo. It's annoying but I ignore it. Not an unpopular opinion.

by Salt_Mastodon 1 month ago

It's like gofundme. People feel better directly donating to a person versus donating to a faceless non profit organization. I get it. I respect it more than the annoying panhandlers with actual buckets hassling you on the street. F those people.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

This is a thing?

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Tacky af, I don't care if it's free money, I have some semblance of pride

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Agreement factor: 1000. Right up there with wearing dollar bills on your birthday, hoping more people will add to the collection. Or those girls who go and sit at a bar just waiting for a guy to buy them a drink. I kinda don't even like wedding gifts. It's all a formulaic exercise that's divorced from its original purpose. I'd like to see something along the lines of "In lieu of gifts please click here to contribute to our eventual child's college fund".

by BornDeparture9874 1 month ago

Why would I want to contribute to your hypothetical kids education?

by Creative-Source 1 month ago

When I was in my early 20's I remember a few friends asked me to go out to a bar one night and I couldn't go because I didn't have any money and this trashy friend of a friend said to me "you don't need money, you're a girl! guys will buy you drinks" Ummm, I'm sure they will but I will not be caught dead going out with no money and feeling so entitled to other people's money for the sole purpose of being a woman. WTF??

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Makes me respect the women with their OnlyFans handle on their car window. At least they EARN it.

by akoch 1 month ago

Wait that's a thing?

by Anonymous 1 month ago

At your own wedding surely you kind of ARE the main character!?

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Whenever I see one of those, I try and always send a request. I then share that username with friends so they can send requests. If these people want to publicly share their username, then they shouldn't be surprised or angry when they start getting requests. It's disgusting people do that, and I find it amusing to annoy them. If I wasn't invited, let alone know the person(s) what makes them think I'm going to give them anything.

by Additional-Cat-6964 1 month ago

This is the way.

by Itzel26 1 month ago

Display your username for cash app or venmo like that is like leaving your FB profile open to where anyone can add you, and then you complain about the randoms and creepers.

by Additional-Cat-6964 1 month ago

I do, but other people don't. I'm just using that as a comparison.

by Additional-Cat-6964 1 month ago

If people will give me money I'm doing it idc

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Eh. It's just Charlie Brown grownup talk to me.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Is it still stupid if it works?

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Idk I liked it when the local graduates do it. They also usually link an insta as proof.

by Honest_Actuary_3609 1 month ago

Panhandling is free speech and I support free speech. 🤷🏻‍♂️

by Aggravating_Guard141 1 month ago

I've never seen this before but all you have to do is not contribute if you don't want to. I also see no issue with pan handling, having a homeless population is a systemic failure not a personal one.

by lorine73 1 month ago

Back in 2019 some college kid held up a sign during ESPN college game day asking for beer money and ended up getting more than $20k. He ended up donating most of it to a children's hospital.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I live in a town popular with bachelorette parties and see this crap all the time. Ridiculous.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

That's not an unpopular opinion. Those guys are considered pretty cheap generally.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

if I could put a venmo sign on my car, and people gave me free money.... I would 100% do it. I don't own a car though.;(

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Then don't do it, but there are people out there who see that want to contribute. I'd consider myself that person lol

by Jolly_Foundation_856 1 month ago

First off, it harms nobody. Second off, what's it to you if someone wants to put a cheesy sign up on their car after getting married? People are free to donate or not of their own free will and with no pressure to do so.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

There's a difference between putting a cheesy sign on your car for a big event or milestone and asking for donations from the general public.

by Additional-Cat-6964 1 month ago

I think it's hilarious more than anything. Kind of embarrassing. But really harmless overall. Not all of them are scams so there's the chance it actually helps someone who needs it. Same with regular panhandling.

by Anonymous 1 month ago